{"title":"Ruth Ellen Kocher","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRuth Ellen Kocher\u003c\/strong\u003e crafts works that delve into the intersections of personal identity, culture, and social consciousness. Her writing often explores themes of memory, place, and transformation, blending poetic insight with a sharp awareness of contemporary issues.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eReaders can expect profound reflections and evocative language that resonate across the realms of \u003cem\u003eArts \u0026amp; Culture\u003c\/em\u003e. Kocher’s books invite thoughtful engagement with the complexities of human experience through innovative poetic expression.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"archon-after-by-ruth-ellen-kocher-9781632431578","title":"Archon \/ After","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA surreal poetry collection considering memory and self-discovery through the character of the archon, the keeper of the mental archive.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn Ruth Ellen Kocher's \u003cem\u003eArchon \/ After\u003c\/em\u003e, the archive is revealed as both a form of violence and of memory, of site and of event. As keeper of the archive, Kocher's archon determines what pieces of the past may be preserved, housed, documented, ordered, and reviewed. Through these poems, the archon dives deep into memories and into the mysteries of daily life, and, in governance over the future, determines what will be and should be forgotten. The act of forgetting becomes archival violence, with the archon not only serving as the guardian of what remains in the archive but also as an eradicator who decides what is purged.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe imagistic and surreal language of this collection invites us to explore a non-logical terrain as we follow the protagonist into her darkest memories and find a path for our own journey of self-discovery.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47460217487596,"sku":"9781632431578","price":43.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9781632431578-archon-after.jpg?v=1774945736"},{"product_id":"godhouse-by-ruth-ellen-kocher-9781632431165","title":"godhouse","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePoems that consider the human body as a meeting place of the infinite and the mortal.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eStarting with the idea that the human experience is the universe looking back at itself, \u003cem\u003egodhouse\u003c\/em\u003e takes the notion a few steps further by centring cosmology within a raced and gendered body. Ruth Ellen Kocher’s poems envision this body as a union of god and soul that, within our material world, encompasses love and hate, joy and despair.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe body is a site of divine presence made mortal, electrified with the resonance of both the infinite and the human. In \u003cem\u003egodhouse\u003c\/em\u003e, we encounter the body as a site where the universe is made personal and celebratory, where the celestial endure the complications of flesh and friction forms between the glorious and the monstrous aspects of personhood.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47460875665644,"sku":"9781632431165","price":43.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9781632431165-godhouse.jpg?v=1774954680"}],"url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/collections\/ruth-ellen-kocher.oembed","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}